Description
In this comprehensive history, John Keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfare. In knowledgable, perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of Crete, the carrier battle of Midway, the tank battle of Falaise, the city battle of Berlin, and the amphibious battle of Okinawa, Keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a whole.
An outstanding history of the Second World War by one of our most distinguished historians.
About the Author
John Keegan is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, he is the author of many bestselling books including The Face of Battle, Six Armies in Normandy, Battle at Sea, The Second World War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper Prize), Warpaths, The Battle for History, The First World War, and most recently, Intelligence in War. For many years John Keegan was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University and Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999. John Keegan died in August 2012.
Reviews
[John Keegan] has a remarkable capacity to appreciate both the political context of the war and its immediate meaning for those caught in the heat of battle... Lucid, informed and authoritative * Sunday Times *
In this magnificently illustrated volume, our most original military historian gives the whys and wherefores of war as well as the blood and guts. * Mail on Sunday *
John Keegan's history of World War II stands above the competition * Preview *
A graceful writer as well as a knowledgeable student of martial history, [Keegan] enlivens his chronicle with wry wit... An informed and informative accounting of a horrific war * Kirkus Reviews *
Book Information
ISBN 9780712673488
Author John Keegan
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Pimlico
Publisher Vintage
Weight(grams) 699g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 40mm
An outstanding history of the Second World War by one of our most distinguished historians.
About the Author
John Keegan is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, he is the author of many bestselling books including The Face of Battle, Six Armies in Normandy, Battle at Sea, The Second World War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper Prize), Warpaths, The Battle for History, The First World War, and most recently, Intelligence in War. For many years John Keegan was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University and Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999. John Keegan died in August 2012.
Reviews
[John Keegan] has a remarkable capacity to appreciate both the political context of the war and its immediate meaning for those caught in the heat of battle... Lucid, informed and authoritative * Sunday Times *
In this magnificently illustrated volume, our most original military historian gives the whys and wherefores of war as well as the blood and guts. * Mail on Sunday *
John Keegan's history of World War II stands above the competition * Preview *
A graceful writer as well as a knowledgeable student of martial history, [Keegan] enlivens his chronicle with wry wit... An informed and informative accounting of a horrific war * Kirkus Reviews *
Book Information
ISBN 9780712673488
Author John Keegan
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Pimlico
Publisher Vintage
Weight(grams) 699g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 40mm
